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Recover root passwd on OPEN SUSE 10.x

Hi,

On one of our LINUX workstation the root password is lost. We need to recover the root password in order to login as root. If anyone has experienced, this situation, could you please send me the procedure to break the root password or gain root access on the system.

METHOD 1
Here are the all steps to change password for root in linux:
1)when u reached at the grub screen press 'e' on linux
2)line which contains the word 'kernell' press 'e'
3)go to end of that line and write 'linux single'
4)the press 'esc' twice and press 'b' to reboot the system
5) now wait for the prompt u get, write easy command there:
passwd root

OR

METHOD 2
Please try out the following steps to change the root password:
1. Boot the computer with Linux Installation CD.
2. Enter into Linux Rescue mode by enering the following command in boot screen.
boot: linux rescue
3. When the sh prompt is reached, enter the following commands to change root password.
#chroot /mnt/sysimage
#passwd
The above steps will prompt you to enter your new password.

I tried 2nd method to crack the password.
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METHOD 1
Here are the all steps to change password for root in linux:
1)when u reached at the grub screen press 'e' on linux
2)line which contains the word 'kernell' press 'e'
3)go to end of that line and write 'linux single'
4)the press 'esc' twice and press 'b' to reboot the system
5) now wait for the prompt u get, write easy command there:
passwd root

OR

METHOD 2
Please try out the following steps to change the root password:
1. Boot the computer with Linux Installation CD.
2. Enter into Linux Rescue mode by enering the following command in boot screen.
boot: linux rescue
3. When the sh prompt is reached, enter the following commands to change root password.
#chroot /mnt/sysimage
#passwd
The above steps will prompt you to enter your new password.

I tried 2nd method to crack the password.
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